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Deutsch Philosopher, Writer October 15, 1844 – August 25, 1900

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In woman's love there is injustice and blindness to all she does not love. And even in woman's conscious love, there is still always attack and lightning and night, along with the light. Friedrich Nietzsche
What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine. Friedrich Nietzsche
What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneliness, and say, 'This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned and you with it, dust of the dust!' Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, 'Never have I heard anything more divine'? Friedrich Nietzsche
Man permits himself to be lied to at night, his life long, when he dreams, and his moral sense never even tries to prevent this—although men have been said to have overcome snoring by sheer will power. Friedrich Nietzsche
Consider the cattle, grazing as they pass you by. They do not know what is meant by yesterday or today, they leap about, eat, rest, digest, leap about again, and so from morn till night and from day to day, fettered to the moment and its pleasure or displeasure, and thus neither melancholy nor bored. [...] A human being may well ask an animal: 'Why do you not speak to me of your happiness but only stand and gaze at me?' The animal would like to answer, and say, 'The reason is I always forget... Friedrich Nietzsche
The bright image projections of the Sophoclean hero--in short, the Apollinian aspect of the mask--are necessary effects of a glance into the inside and terrors of nature; as it were, luminous spots to cure eyes damaged by gruesome night. Only in this sense may we believe that we properly comprehend the serious and important concept of "Greek cheerfulness." The misunderstanding of this concept as cheerfulness in a state of unendangered comfort is, of course, encountered everywhere today. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night..."
Being human is a complicated gig. So give that ol' dark night of the soul a hug. Howl the eternal yes! Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it..."
The thought of suicide is a great consolation: by means of it one gets through many a dark night. Friedrich Nietzsche
I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses. Friedrich Nietzsche
Ten truths must you find during the day; otherwise will you seek truth during the night, and your soul will have been hungry. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one..."
It is always consoling to think of suicide: in that way one gets through many a bad night. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "Hunger attacks me," said Zarathustra, "like a robber. Among..."
Hunger attacks me," said Zarathustra, "like a robber. Among forests and swamps my hunger attacks me, and late in the night. Friedrich Nietzsche
Friedrich Nietzsche quote: "The night is also a sun."
The night is also a sun. Friedrich Nietzsche

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